Allu Arjun’s Duvvada Jagannadham is clashing with Salman Khan’s Tubelight at the box-office today. This comes at a time when south films are doing better than their Hindi counterparts. However, Salman craze is always big and, experts have predicted that the Kabir Khan film will earn lots of moolah. Amid such hype, south sensation Allu Arjun said that he isn’t worried about the box-office battle with Tubelight.
The 34-year-old Telugu star, who promoted his film Duvvada Jagannadham (DJ) in Bengaluru yesterday with co-star Pooja Hegde, doesn’t feel intimidated by Salman Khan. In an interview with Indian Express he said, “First thing is I'm never worried about anything. I wish Tubelight all the best. I want the best film to be watched, even if it's mine”.
On the other hand, his co-star Pooja said that both the film will do well because there are different audiences and it's a long weekend. “So, whoever watches Tubelight, will also watch DJ. So, I don't see any challenge over there”, the actress said.
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DJ is a romantic action entertainer written and directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations banner while Devi Sri Prasad scored music for this movie Stylish star Allu Arjun playing the title role.
Meanwhile, Tubelight marks the third collaboration of Salman and Kabir after Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Ek Tha Tiger. It also stars Sohail Khan, Zhu Zhu and Matin Rey Tangu in lead roles. The Indo-China war drama is set to spread its wings wide in the overseas market with a 1,200-screen release.